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The bacteria that colonize humans and our built environments have the potential to
influence our health. Microbial communities associated with seven families and their homes …

Buildings are complex ecosystems that house trillions of microorganisms interacting with
each other, with humans and with their environment. Understanding the ecological and …

Most of our time is spent indoors where we are exposed to a wide array of different
microorganisms living on surfaces and in the air of our homes. Despite their ubiquity and …

Background As modern humans, we spend the majority of our time in indoor environments.
Consequently, environmental exposure to microorganisms has important implications for …

People's desire to understand the environments in which they live is a natural one. People
spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans …

The advent and application of high-throughput molecular techniques for analyzing microbial
communities in the indoor environment have led to illuminating findings and are beginning …

The rise of urbanization and an increasingly indoor lifestyle has affected human interactions
with our microbiota in unprecedented ways. We discuss how this lifestyle may influence …

The indoor atmosphere is an ecological unit that impacts on public health. To investigate the
composition of organisms in this space, we applied culture-independent approaches to …

The built environment comprises all structures built by humans, including our homes,
workplaces, schools and vehicles. As in any ecosystem on Earth, microorganisms have …